Book Review: Tell Me What to Eat If I Have Acid Reflux - Revised Version
Last April, I did a book review on “Tell Me What to Eat If I Have Acid Reflux”. Recently, in 15 Oct, California dietitian Elaine Magee
In this new version, Elaine Magee
Here are some suggestions from her new book:
Sleep on your left side. This puts your stomach in a better position not to experience reflux, Magee said in a telephone interview.
You also can make bedtime more comfortable by elevating the head of your bed with blocks. Or, plump up the top of your bed with pillows.
Try to eat a series of small meals during the day rather than skimping all day and having one big meal at night.
“When people get into this cycle of starving themselves through the day and then they get home and have a huge dinner, it’s not a good situation to be in,” Magee says.
During the day, chewing gum may also help. Just avoid mint-flavored gum, as mint may aggravate acid reflux in some people, Magee says. This is because it helps to stimulate saliva production and by increasing the saliva, it just helps push whatever acid is there down.
Sucking on antacids or lozenges after meals will have the same effect.
Drinking tap water can also help, as it will dilute one’s stomach acid, she says.
Magee’s book also includes many of the better-known tips for what people should not do if they have heartburn, such as lying down right after a meal or carrying around extra pounds.
Foods on her to-avoid list include greasy, high-fat, spicy and creamy foods, as well as those with citrus fruits and tomatoes.
But to help take the edge off, Magee also provides recipes for a no-tomato lasagna, no-tomato pizza and a low-fat Alfredo sauce.
Get this book “Tell Me What to Eat If I Have Acid Reflux” today so that you can enjoy a heartburn-free holidays this year. Make it a good start for you!
Heartburn Diet Recipe #33 - Beef Stroganoff
Beef stroganoff is one of the best crockpot dishes around. The meat is beautifully tender, the sauce rich and thick, and there’s almost no work for you at all! This is one of the easiest entertaining menus in my repertoire
Ingredients: Yield: 6-8 servings
About 2 pounds top sirloin steak, trimmed of visible fat, cut into 1/3-inch strips
Salt and pepper (optional)
1 tablespoon canola oil
1/2 cup finely chopped shallots
3/4 pound thickly sliced mushrooms
10 1/2-ounce can beef consomme©
2 tablespoons Cognac (vodka can be substituted)
3/4 cup fat-free half-and-half
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
8 cups cooked whole-wheat blend pasta of your choice
Paprika, as desired
Preparation:
1. Pat meat strips well with paper towels, and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper if desired. Heat oil in heavy nonstick frying pan over high heat. Add meat in single layer and cook just until brown on both sides (about 1 minute per side). Remove meat to a holding plate.
2. Add shallots and mushrooms to the same frying pan and heat over medium-high heat. Pour 1/8 cup consomme© over the top and simmer until mushrooms are tender, scraping up browned bits as it cooks (about 6 minutes).
3. Pour in the remaining consomme© and cognac and continue to cook until liquid thickens (about 10 minutes). Stir in the fat-free half-and-half and the Dijon mustard. Add the meat strips and any juices from the holding plate. Simmer over medium-low heat until the meat is heated through and cooked to your desired doneness (about 2 minutes). Stir in chopped dill. Add salt and pepper to taste if desired.
4. Serve stroganoff over cooked noodles and sprinkle paprika over the top as desired.
Nutritional Analysis Per Serving (if 8 per serving)
Calories:410 kcal
Fat: 9.5g(3 g saturated fat)
Cholesterol: 76mg
Carbohydrates: 43g
Fiber: 6g
Sodium: 331mg
Protein: 38g
Calories from fat: 21%.
Video #17 - Chronic Heartburn Could Be Sign Of GERD
If you’re taking heartburn medication more than twice a week, it could be symptomatic of a more serious condition. Think seriously about your condition and watch this video:
Heartburn Diet Recipe #32- Cranberry Walnut Dressing
If onions are one of your heartburn trigger foods, please eliminate them from the recipe
Ingredients: Makes about 16 servings of 1 cup per person.
1 1/2 cups finely sliced celery heart
1 1/2 cups chopped onion (1 large onion)
3 tbsp butter or canola margarine
1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth (liquid)
16 oz.-can whole berry cranberry sauce
4 tsp. or cubes of low-sodium chicken broth (powder)
2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth (liquid)
3/4 tsp. ground sage
1 tsp. thyme
1/2 tsp. ground pepper
14 oz. (about 8 cups) herb-seasoned bread cubes for stuffing
2/3 cups walnuts, toasted for 1 minute under broiler to lightly brown
- In a Dutch oven or stock pot, simmer celery and onion in the butter and 1 cup chicken broth until tender. While onion and celery mixture is simmering in a small saucepan, mix cranberry sauce with the 4 tsp. of chicken broth powder over low heat until broth powder dissolves.
- Add seasonings and 2 cups chicken broth to celery onion mixture. Add bread cubes and stir until evenly moistened. Drizzle cranberry mixture over the top of the bread mixture and sprinkle walnuts over cranberry mixture. Stir to mix evenly. Cover and let sit on warm setting of stove for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Nutritional Analysis Per Serving
Calories:200 kcal
Fat: 5.8g
Cholesterol: 6mg
Carbohydrates: 32.5g
Sodium: 415mg
Protein: 4.5g
Calories from fat: 26%.
NEWS: Barrett’s Esophagus May Be Affected By DFMO
[MedicalNewsToday] “While there was a suggestion that DFMO may influence the extent of Barrett’s dysplasia, this finding is very preliminary and further study of this agent in a larger number of patients is needed,” said Frank A. Sinicrope, M.D., professor of medicine and oncology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Sinicrope presented his findings here at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.
The single-arm study included 10 patients with Barrett’s esophagus and low-grade dysplasia. The patients received 0.5 g/m2/d of DFMO for six months. Using an endoscope, the researchers examined esophageal biopsies at enrollment and at three, six and 12 months (where available). A gastrointestinal pathologist who was blinded to the clinical/biomarker data graded the dysplasia.
Sinicrope conducted this study while at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. He collaborated with colleagues at the National Cancer Institute, and the Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson.
After six months of DFMO treatment, one patient’s dysplasia regressed, one patient’s progressed, and eight patients had stable disease. At six months, two patients in the stable group who started with extensive low-grade abnormal cells had only limited or focal dysplasia based on four or more biopsies. These improvements remained at 12 months.
DFMO lowered the level of the polyamine putrescine, a target of the drug and a possible cancer risk marker. The agent works by inhibiting an enzyme in polyamine synthesis called ornithine decarboxylase (ODC). “ODC activity in Barrett’s mucosa has been shown to be significantly higher in Barrett’s than in normal adjacent mucosa from the same patients,” Sinicrope said. “Since DFMO inhibits polyamine synthesis, the fact that putrescine levels were decreased at six months and later returned to baseline after being off the drug for six months suggests that the drug is affecting its target.”
Interestingly, DFMO also reduced expression of Kruppel-like factor 5 (KLF5) gene, an important marker of abnormal cell proliferation in the esophagus that may represent a novel drug target.
“The results are encouraging because they identify KLF5 as a potential target of DFMO, which suggests a potential mechanism contributing to the chemopreventive effects of DFMO,” Sinicrope said. “KLF5 has been shown to regulate proliferation, apoptosis and invasion in esophageal cancer cells.”
Generally, DFMO was well tolerated. One patient had hearing loss and balance-related problems related to treatment.
“DFMO warrants further evaluation as a chemopreventive agent in patients with Barrett’s esophagus and mucosal dysplasia,” Sinicrope said. Currently, the Mayo Clinic researcher and his colleagues are planning a placebo-controlled chemoprevention trial in this patient population.
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Article adapted by Medical News Today from original press release.
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